History Of Phones By jenna.m Mar 10, 1876 First Phone Invented Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone Jun 7, 1960 Rotary Phone The Rotary phone was popular in the 1960's Jan 12, 1963 Push Button Phones Push Buttons become very popular and easy to use. Jul 8, 1968 Answering Machine Answer Machines became popular in the late 1960's May 24, 1980 Portable Phones Portable Phones or Cordless Phones became invented in the 1980's Dec 24, 1984 Motorola DynaTAC The first phone that you could carry around and it had 30 minutes of talk. Aug 29, 1989 Nokia 5110 Long lasting battery and could play Snake on it. Sep 13, 1992 Caller ID Caller ID told you who was calling and what phone. Apr 17, 1996 First Cell Phone First phone that you could carry and around in your pocket. Jan 26, 2007 BlackBerry Cell Phone that has a big screen and numbers and a keyboard. Oct 2, 2007 iPhone The company Apple invented iPhones in 2007. iPhones are touchscreen and you can buy music and games on it.